Industry News (2011/10/26)

TI OPA171-Q1 Features 36V, Single-Supply and General-Purpose

Published:2011/10/26 22:44:00 Author:Amy

TI’s OPA171-Q1 is a 36V, single-supply, low-noise operational amplifier. It can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7V (±1.35V) to +36V (±18V). This OPA171-Q1 is available in micro-packages and has low offset, drift, and bandwidth with low quiescent current. The single, dual, and quad versions all are in identical specifications. (View)

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Freescale Improves the Efficiency of Real-time Control

Published:2011/10/26 22:19:00 Author:Li xiao na

In order to improve power efficiency in real-time control and graphic systems, Freescale Semiconductor announces the asymmetrical-multiprocessing-platform which connects an ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller and a Co...   (View)

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Atmel Samples the first ARM Cortex-M4 Processor-based SAM4S16

Published:2011/10/26 22:13:00 Author:Phyllis

Atmel is sampling the first device in the ARM Cortex-M4 processor-based SAM4S16 and unveiling its fifth generation Cortex-M4 based flash MCUs. The SAM3 and SAM4 families will quadruple the Atmel Cortex-M product portfolio to nearly 200 ARM-based microcontrollers and will include devices with on-chip memory densities of up to 2MB f...   (View)

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Ultra-Compact Flash Memory Portfolio Released

Published:2011/10/26 4:25:00 Author:Amy

With the introduction of the SST39VF80XC and SST39VF160XC, Microchip Technology Inc. released an expansion of Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) memory portfolio. The SST39VF80XC features 8-Mbit of memory, while the SST39VF160XC features 16 Mbit of memory. By adopting CMOS SuperFlash technology, these low-power, 3-V, x16 parallel NOR Flash devices have active current as low as 5 mA (typical) and standby cur...   (View)

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FPGA is Going to Take Into the Mainstream Asic Market

Published:2011/10/26 4:22:00 Author:Li xiao na

With the performance, cost structure and power efficiency, FPGAs are believed to enter the mainstream Asics designs. Xilinx announced it was shipping commercial devices of its highest capacity FPGA, the Virtex-7 2000T which has 6.8 billion transistors. This chip has the equivalent of 20 million Asic gates, and Xilinx will be going after estab...   (View)

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Virginia Rometty Assumes Office as IBM’s First Female CEO

Published:2011/10/26 3:38:00 Author:Amy

As Sam Palmisano stepped down from the position, Virginia Rometty was named IBM Corp.’s first female CEO on Tuesday. 60- year old Palmisano has been CEO for nearly a decade and he will stay on as chairman. Rometty, 54, is in charge of IBM’s sales and marketing. With Rometty’s appointment, Rometty will be in charge of two of the world’s largest technology companies. Last month, Meg Whitman took the p...   (View)

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PMC Rolled Encryption Technology into Its New Controllers

Published:2011/10/26 1:33:00 Author:Phyllis

PMC-Sierra, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise storage system solutions for networked (SAN/NAS) and server storage applications, has rolled encryption technology into two new versions of its 6 Gbit/s Serial-attached SCSI controllers. The Tachyon SPCve chips let storage array designers provide embedded security as an alternative to external appliances, software, self-encrypting drives or separate security chips....   (View)

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